GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| lampoon | satire |